The 1st Yokai Art Award, a contest to draw monsters based on free ideas, will start accepting entries from October 1st!
Shodoshima Healthy Land Co., Ltd. Press release: October 1, 2024 Applications for the 1st Yokai Art Award, a contest for drawing monsters based on free ideas, will start from October 1st! The grand prize winner’s room at the guest house “Irifune” has been decided
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/5189/162/5189-162-5fab29482bf247f531edd67ae0120c0e-2143×1492.jpg Since 2013, the Yokai Art Museum has held an art contest called the “Yokai Art Award” six times in total, but this time it is a
two-dimensional (painting) contest rather than a figurative work. The works of the finalists who passed the first round of judging will be displayed at the venue of the event “Yokai Expo 2025” to be held on Shodoshima in 2025, and a final judging will be held there to decide the grand prize winner. The judges are Tadahira Yagyu (yokai painter and director of the Yokai Art Museum), Shiki Taira (Japanese painter), and Togaku (art director and sumi-e artist). Accommodation facility where grand prize winners can exhibit their works for 107 days has been decided The grand prize winner will receive a cash prize of 100,000 yen and a stone shield from Shodoshima, but they will also have the right to display their work in a room at the seaside inn “Irifune” (to be reopened in September 2024). Conferred. In addition to this award-winning work, you will be able to display as much of your own artwork as possible in the relevant room. The exhibition period is scheduled to be 107 days during the Setouchi Triennale 2025. ●Setouchi Triennale 2025｜Period Spring: April 18th (Friday) – May 25th (Sunday) 38 days Summer: August 1st (Friday) – August 31st (Sunday) 31 days Autumn: October 3rd (Friday) – November 9th (Sunday) 38 days Total 107 days
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/5189/162/5189-162-5a54114fff370fae24e9f0acd9bb754f-2000×1333.jpg Seaside inn “Irifune” reopened in September 2024
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/5189/162/5189-162-d87814c8ad0818fe08ec3495f8caa460-2000×1333.jpg Grand prize winners can display their works in this room during the Setouchi Triennale 2025 [1st Yokai Art Award｜Summary] We are looking for “paintings” based on the theme of “yokai” with free ideas [Application requirements] https://meiro-youkai.com/painting Sponsored by: Shodoshima Maze Town Yokai Project Executive Committee, Yokai Museum Cooperation: Shodoshima Healthy Land Co., Ltd., Shodoshima Maze Town Art Project MeiPAM Sponsored by: Tonosho Town, Tonosho Town Board of Education, Shodoshima Tourism Association [Receiving work submissions | Entry period] October 1, 2024 (Tuesday) to November 30, 2024 (Saturday) Fill out the necessary information on the “Entry Form” on the official website and send it. After the exhibition fee of 3,000 yen is transferred to the designated bank account or paid online, a reply email will be printed and sent along with the work. Official website | https://meiro-youkai.com/ [Judge] Chairman of the Judging Committee: Tadahira Yagyu, Chairman of the Judging Committee (Yokai Painter, Director of the Yokai Art Museum), and others The judges will be announced on the official website at a later date. Shiki Taira (Japanese painter) Togaku (art director/ink artist)
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/5189/162/5189-162-7ce378c041bee55929e00c87751e5361-1242×1390.jpg Togaku (art director/ink artist) [About the award] ●Grand Prize: 1 person (1 group) will be able to display one room of their
accommodation on Shodoshima as a space for the grand prize winner’s work (*Details will be announced at a later date), prize money: 100,000 yen Shodoshima stone shield ●Excellence Award: 1 person (1 group) Prize money: 50,000 yen Shodoshima Stone Shield ●Special Jury Award: 1 person (1 group) Prize money: 30,000 yen ●Kids Category Award 1 person (1 group) Tadahira Yagyu special mini colored paper book card NEXT (3,000 yen) *Winners will be announced on the official website and SNS at a later date. *Regardless of winning or not, all exhibitors will receive an admission ticket to the Yokai Museum as a participation prize. [Announcement of screening results] The finalists and their works that will proceed to the final judging in January 2024 will be announced in a press release and on SNS (X, Facebook). Exhibition at the venue of the event “Yokai Expo” to be held in Shodoshima on Sunday, February 2, 2025. A final judging meeting will be held on the spot to determine the winners. I want to expand the base of Yokai art The “Yokai Art Award” contest has been held a total of 6 times over the past 10 years since 2013, and a total of 900 entries have been collected, which are stored and exhibited at the Yokai Art Museum. For this year’s Yokai Art Award, we have decided to accept paintings in order to expand the realm of expression. We hope to see a wide variety of works from a wide range of people.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/5189/162/5189-162-e7c5d9c41c0f6cbf215348f8c5c067f9-2000×1333.jpg All works submitted for the Yokai Art Award will be kept in the Yokai Art Museum and will be exhibited from time to time.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/5189/162/5189-162-7b2269cec69d75724ce25dda4edbc601-2000×1334.jpg There is a giant monster ceiling painting in Building 4
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/5189/162/5189-162-d5d5da031b4a058c708516f44ca097b3-2000×1333.jpg Yokai Museum No. 1 [What is Yokai Museum] An art museum located in the labyrinth town of Shodoshima in Kagawa Prefecture that exhibits over 900 monster sculptures. Tour four old folk houses scattered throughout the town using a smartphone guide app. We display and store over 900 works submitted to the Yokai Art Award, ranging from the origins of Yokai to modern Yokai. “Bringing Yokai to the World” We want to make “Yokai” a global language.The curator is Tadahei Yagyu, a yokai painter born in Shodoshima. Yokai Museum 398 Ko, Tonosho-cho, Shozu-gun, Kagawa Prefecture 0879-62-0221 mail@meipam.net [What is Shodoshima Healthy Land Co., Ltd.] We co-manage the MeiPAM Shodoshima Maze Town Art Project, which cultivates and researches olives, develops and manufactures cosmetics and foods, and sells them by mail order in Setouchi and Shodoshima. Planning, promotion, and operation of regional revitalization projects. Company name: Shodoshima Healthy Land Co., Ltd. Address: 2721-1 Ko, Tonosho-cho, Shozu-gun, Kagawa Prefecture Representative Director and President: Toshihiro Yagyu Established: 1985 HP: https://shl-olive.co.jp/
